Happy Birthday, John Sterling and Us

People born on the Fourth of July know the drill.
We get used to nice people making cute jokes when we give our birth date.

Many of us on this anonymous list get used to working on our birthdays.
I could talk about enjoying a British military band playing American pop music before play commenced at Wimbledon on the Fourth of July.

John Sterling could tell stories about being in a ballpark, describing fly balls that are high, that are long, that are gone. All the way back to the days of holiday doubleheaders.
John is a trouper. Last year he got hit by a foul ball but stayed in the game. But this year, even John had enough.
He retired this past April, early in the 2024 Yankee season. John was tired, Bless his heart, of course he was.
I wonder what John is doing on his 86th birthday. I'd e-mail him a happy birthday -- but a mutual friend said John doesn't do e-mail. He just gabs, and makes up puns. Much better.

So Happy Birthday, John, and the others in this select little group. I believe most of us are retired. (Does filing my little personal therapy website count as working? )
I know one of us is working and good for her.

And John, wherever you are, I hope your colleagues ring you during the game and get your view from retirement land.
Happy Birthday to my fellow birthday pals. 
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​Just thinking about July 4 makes me recall a few birthdays I spent, getting off the London tube at Southfields station and buy a bag of juicy fresh cherries and carrying them into the Wimbledon media tribune.
One year we had a closeup of Princess Diana and her two little boys in the Royal Box. Some years I shared the bag of cherries with a press official, Sarah Clarke, who was always good company -- until she had to get to work sorting out the Beastie Boys of the press.

Sarah has since graduated to the highly prestigious position of Black Rod, the ceremonial leader of the procession of Parliament -- the first female Black Rod, ever, in over 650 years. I hope Sarah still gets out to Wimbledon. Me,  I'm retired, like a handful of pals on my list.
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Sarah Clarke, from Wimbledon to Parliament,